ONS

Public Artwork and intervention

Tunis, TN
2023

ONS is a site-specific intervention in the former Hotel Magara in Gammarth, a northern suburb of Tunis. The tennis court embedded in a swimming pool creates an unbalanced field in which one player plays upwards while the opponent has an advantage and can play downwards. The work is a tribute to Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur and recalls the early years of her career when she was still a child training on the tennis courts in hotels and holiday clubs in Tunisia.

3-Dimensional

Media
Site-specific installation, public artwork, intervention

Dimension
Dimensions variable

Commissioned and co-produced by
La Boîte – Centre pour l’art et l’architecture

Exhibition
Kaff w Kaaba Halwa, 2023, La Boîte | Centre de l’art contemporaine, Tunis

Location
Le Megara Hotel

Links
Exposition Individuelle Kaf w Kaaba Halwa, Nadia Kaâbi-Linke, une artiste hors du commun – lapresse.tn

A tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool by the sea.

Installation view
ONS, 2023

Exhibition
Kaff w Kaaba Halwa, 2023

@
Former Hotel Megara in Gammarth, Tunis

Courtesy
Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios

 

© Photo: Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios / ADAGP

 

A tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool by the sea.

Installation view
ONS, 2023

Exhibition
Kaff w Kaaba Halwa, 2023

@
Former Hotel Megara in Gammarth, Tunis

Courtesy
Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios

 

© Photo: Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios / ADAGP

  • A tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool of an abandoned Hotel by the sea.
  • A tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool by the sea.
  • A tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool of an abandoned Hotel by the sea.
  • A tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool of an abandoned Hotel by the sea.
  • A tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool of an abandoned Hotel by the sea.

Installation view
ONS, 2023

Exhibition
Kaff w Kaaba Halwa, 2023

@
Former Hotel Megara in Gammarth, Tunis

Courtesy
Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios

 

© Photo: Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios / ADAGP

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A white, wooden gate, that was once the entrance to the Hotel Megara Gammarth, is now holding the poster about an exhibition.

Entrance to the former Hotel Megara Gammarth

Exhibition
Kaff w Kaaba Halwa, 2023

@
Former Hotel Megara in Gammarth, Tunis

Courtesy
Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios

 

© Photo: Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios / ADAGP

View of an abandoned Hotel complex by the seaside. The walls are starting to come down, the space is being inhabited by stray dogs.

View of the former Hotel Megara Gammarth Complex

Exhibition
Kaff w Kaaba Halwa, 2023

@
Former Hotel Megara in Gammarth, Tunis

Courtesy
Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios

 

© Photo: Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios / ADAGP

  • Through the bushes you can see a tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool of an abandoned Hotel by the sea.
  • View of from inside an abandoned Hotel. Through the glassless window you can see the palm trees and sea.
  • View of from inside an abandoned Hotel. Through the glassless window you can see the palm trees and sea.
  • Through the trees you can see a tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool of an abandoned Hotel by the sea.
  • View of from inside an abandoned Hotel. Through the glassless window you can see the trees and sea.
  • From afar, past the trees you can see a tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool of an abandoned Hotel by the sea.

View of the former Hotel Megara Gammarth Complex

Exhibition
Kaff w Kaaba Halwa, 2023

@
Former Hotel Megara in Gammarth, Tunis

Courtesy
Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios

 

© Photo: Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios / ADAGP

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